Bad
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"Bad" is a U2 song, originally released on their 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire, known for its emotive live performances and themes of addiction and redemption.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bad canonical | 14 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1307262 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bad Context triple: [Songs of Surrender, featuresReimaginedVersionOf, Bad]
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A.
Bad News
"Bad News" is a melancholic, Auto-Tune–driven song by Kanye West from his emotionally charged 2008 album 808s & Heartbreak.
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B.
Nasty
"Nasty" is a 1986 hit single by Janet Jackson, known for its assertive lyrics, pioneering new jack swing sound, and iconic "nasty boys" refrain.
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C.
It's Bad for Ya
"It's Bad for Ya" is a 2008 stand-up comedy special by George Carlin, known for its sharp social commentary and being his final HBO performance before his death.
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D.
Stoopid
"Stoopid" is a high-energy hip hop track by rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine, known for its aggressive delivery and confrontational lyrics.
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E.
Evil Stuff
Evil Stuff is a themed retail shop in Minion Land offering villain-inspired merchandise and playful, mischievous souvenirs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bad Target entity description: "Bad" is a U2 song, originally released on their 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire, known for its emotive live performances and themes of addiction and redemption.
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A.
Bad News
"Bad News" is a melancholic, Auto-Tune–driven song by Kanye West from his emotionally charged 2008 album 808s & Heartbreak.
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B.
Nasty
"Nasty" is a 1986 hit single by Janet Jackson, known for its assertive lyrics, pioneering new jack swing sound, and iconic "nasty boys" refrain.
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C.
It's Bad for Ya
"It's Bad for Ya" is a 2008 stand-up comedy special by George Carlin, known for its sharp social commentary and being his final HBO performance before his death.
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D.
Stoopid
"Stoopid" is a high-energy hip hop track by rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine, known for its aggressive delivery and confrontational lyrics.
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E.
Evil Stuff
Evil Stuff is a themed retail shop in Minion Land offering villain-inspired merchandise and playful, mischievous souvenirs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | The Unforgettable Fire ⓘ |
| artist | U2 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
The Joshua Tree Tour
ⓘ
linked to:
The Joshua Tree 2017 Tour
The Unforgettable Fire Tour ⓘ
linked to:
Unforgettable Fire Tour
subsequent U2 concert tours ⓘ |
| composer |
Adam Clayton
ⓘ
Bono ⓘ Larry Mullen Jr. ⓘ The Edge ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| describedAs |
anthemic
ⓘ
emotional ⓘ spiritual ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasLiveRecording |
Wide Awake in America EP
ⓘ
linked to:
Wide Awake in America
various U2 live albums and videos ⓘ |
| hasPart |
extended instrumental sections in live versions
ⓘ
vocal improvisations in live versions ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
addiction
ⓘ
heroin addiction ⓘ loss ⓘ redemption ⓘ spiritual struggle ⓘ |
| includedIn | U2 live setlists since the mid-1980s ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Dublin heroin epidemic ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| liveStapleOf | U2 concerts ⓘ |
| lyricist | Bono ⓘ |
| notableFor |
audience sing-alongs
ⓘ
emotive live performances ⓘ extended live improvisations ⓘ |
| notablePerformance | Live Aid 1985 performance ⓘ |
| originalAlbumReleaseYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| originalReleaseYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| partOf | The Unforgettable Fire ⓘ |
| partOfDiscographyOf | U2 ⓘ |
| performer | U2 ⓘ |
| producer |
Brian Eno
ⓘ
Daniel Lanois ⓘ |
| recordedBy | U2 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Island Records ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | album track ⓘ |
| trackOnStudioAlbumNumber | fourth U2 studio album ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bad Description of subject: "Bad" is a U2 song, originally released on their 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire, known for its emotive live performances and themes of addiction and redemption.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.